Topic: Earth’s Features Essential Question: What crustal features are created by the movement of Earth’s plates?

Topic: Earth’s Features Essential Question: What crustal features are created by the movement of Earth’s plates? Plate tectonics The lithosphere (crust) is divided into tectonic plates The movement of these plates is what creates Earth’s crustal features

Topic: Earth’s Features Essential Question: What crustal features are created by the movement of Earth’s plates? Types of boundaries A boundary is where 2 tectonic plates meet

Topic: Earth’s Features Essential Question: What crustal features are created by the movement of Earth’s plates? Divergent Boundary When tectonic plates move away from each other Crustal features: mid ocean ridges, rifts

Great Rift Valley

Mid-Ocean Ridge

Topic: Earth’s Features Essential Question: What crustal features are created by the movement of Earth’s plates? Convergent Boundary When 2 continental plates collide Crustal features: mountains

The Himalayas

Topic: Earth’s Features Essential Question: What crustal features are created by the movement of Earth’s plates? Convergent Boundary When an ocean plate collides with a continental plate, the ocean plate sinks under the continental plate (subduction) Crustal features: trenches and volcanic mountains

Topic: Earth’s Features Essential Question: What crustal features are created by the movement of Earth’s plates? Transform Boundary When 2 tectonic plates slide past each other Crustal Features: faults and earthquakes

San Andreas Fault

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Topic: Earth’s Features Essential Question: What crustal features are created by the movement of Earth’s plates? Plate tectonics The lithosphere (crust) is divided into tectonic plates The movement of these plates is what creates Earth’s crustal features What creates Earth’s features?

Topic: Earth’s Features Essential Question: What crustal features are created by the movement of Earth’s plates? Types of boundaries A boundary is where 2 tectonic plates meet What is a plate boundary?

Topic: Earth’s Features Essential Question: What crustal features are created by the movement of Earth’s plates? Divergent Boundary When tectonic plates move away from each other Crustal features: mid ocean ridges, rifts What crustal features are found at a divergent boundary?

Topic: Earth’s Features Essential Question: What crustal features are created by the movement of Earth’s plates? Convergent Boundary When 2 continental plates collide Crustal features: mountains What crustal features are found at a convergent boundary?

Topic: Earth’s Features Essential Question: What crustal features are created by the movement of Earth’s plates? Convergent Boundary When an ocean plate collides with a continental plate, the ocean plate sinks under the continental plate (subduction) Crustal features: trenches and volcanic mountains What is subduction?

Topic: Earth’s Features Essential Question: What crustal features are created by the movement of Earth’s plates? Transform Boundary When 2 tectonic plates slide past each other Crustal Features: faults and earthquakes What crustal features are found at a transform boundary?

Now let’s write a summary Look at each question you wrote on your own, and answer each question in a complete sentence. -What creates Earth’s features? -What is a plate boundary? -What crustal features are found at a divergent boundary? -What crustal features are found at a convergent boundary? -What is subduction? -What crustal features are found at a transform boundary?